RAF Hemswell
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Royal Air Force Hemswell, or RAF Hemswell, is a former Royal Air Force station located 7.8 miles east of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England.
Hangars and buildings still standing at Hemswell
The almost unchanged wartime line of aircraft hangars, photographed in 2006
Aircraft hangar at RAF Hemswell during a Sunday market in December 2015
Aircraft hangar and buildings at RAF Hemswell during a Sunday market in December 2015
Boulton Paul Overstrand
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The Boulton Paul P.75 Overstrand was a twin-engine biplane medium bomber designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Boulton Paul. It was the final example of a series of biplane medium
RAF Hemswell
…December 1936 to accommodate the rapidly expanding Bomber Command. The station was home for Hawker Hind, Hawker Audax, Avro Anson, Bristol Blenheim and Boulton Paul Overstrand aircraft in its early days. On 19 March 1940 RAF Hemswell-based Handley Page Hampdens of No. 61 Squadron RAF were the first Bomber Command aircraft to…
Overstrand in flight